Archive for the ‘Crochet’ Category

Here it is! This was a quick project. I enjoyed printing my own fabric and imagining a finished project around it. Designing your own fabric has gotten so accessible that anyone can do it. You can even print it at your house. Yay technology!

Lessons learned:
– It helps to have the right equipment so you don’t end up knocking on a friend’s door in search of a color printer at the last minute.
– It helps to have good friends.
– With advances in technology and the vast amount of supplies available to us, we really can make anything our imaginations can dream up. Go create!

Finished! This scarf came together really quickly. The flowers were easy and fun to make, and once I got the hang of connecting them I finished in no time. It is lovely and fun and will soon be winging its way across the country to its (surprise) recipient. I hope she likes it!

Lessons learned:
– Ah, yarn. I’m most comfortable working with yarn. I hadn’t crocheted in a while, but after relearning the lingo so I could follow a pattern it all came right back.
– There is a great satisfaction in working on a project all week and finishing it on time. Maybe I’ll carry this lesson on to future projects.
– I should have been making things more often. I’ve known how to crochet since I was a kid. Why don’t I do it more often?

I’m considering digging out the old cabbage patch doll dress that I crocheted when I was little. It’s in a box around here somewhere. I’ll post a photo when I find it.

Next week: I haven’t decided yet. I have another sewing project on the schedule but I may rearrange it and do something else. Stay tuned!

I’ve joined all of my flowers and now I’m just adding a border around the outside so they will hold their shape a little bit better. The yarn I chose (caution: audio) is soft and slippery and doesn’t hold much shape on its own.

I should have time to finish the border today. Check back for the finished scarf!

I have completed 36 flowers based on this motif pattern. I laid them out on the living room floor last night and they will make a nice long scarf. Now I just need to figure out how I want to join them.

This week I’m going to crochet some flowers to make a flower scarf. I was originally inspired by the 100 flower scarf pattern but I changed my mind about the pattern when I saw these mini motifs. There is something about the openness of the design that I like.

I’ve already purchased my yarn and started making flowers this weekend. I’ll keep plugging away and will hopefully have a completed scarf by the end of the week. Check back for updates!